Recent content by Gary R. Smith

I don't really know the camera either Gianluca. Apparently when cleaning the ground glass I reassembled the Fresnel/GG sandwich wrong. This means earlier shots would have been affected. This time I also angled the lens board to the front face of the house (Pete didn't think that would matter)...

Another thing I did different was to focus with the lens wide open - I then stopped down prior to exposing the frame. I think having the loupe allowed me to view the minute focus changes from the windows to the garage door. I wonder if my attempt to split the difference resulted in not getting...

For this shot I angled the lens board to align with the front of the house. This was shot at f/22 for 1/30th second. Fomapan 100. I also used a Carson 4.5x loupe that essentially covered the entire ground glass. The Fresnel/Ground Glass sandwich has been corrected from previous tests. Focus was...

We sat along the bank of the Sandy River today in Troutdale and on our way back to the car I saw this gnarled log and took a few shots.

You seem to be enjoying your newly found "eagle eye"

The time below the image must represent the time the image was posted? I like the shot with the larger set of clouds as it seems to allow the shot to breathe more!

Love the owl shot Tony!

I should get the larger loupe tomorrow but I'm not sure I'll be shooting any test shots tomorrow... [Sunday edit] well the large loupe did indeed arrive yesterday and while not quite a large as the Horseman shown in Pete's link, it is also pretty huge (and won't sit flat against my ground...

A lot of work getting from here to there! I miss having a full-time wet darkroom with an enlarger.

Hopefully with the gg in the correct orientation and a larger loupe my next set of test shots will be better. Thanks for your help Pete!

...and weight! I knew the 29's were unpainted but I'd never seen a 17 naked.

Did 17's ever fly in a polished aluminum dress? I saw the Memphis Belle up close years ago in Memphis when my company jet enroute to Cookeville, TN couldn't land due to weather.

Hi Pete! I now understand what the white and orange scales are. My lens has a "switch" up to focus = full open/down closes the aperture so it opens to whatever is set when you shoot. It is possible that the sandwich of my gg/Fresnel has been a part of my problem. It seems that with my gg...

Just clicked BUY IT NOW for one of those. Should be easier than using the little B+L 4x. Thanks Paul! ...and the money keeps draining...